Activity: Case study

A case study is a detailed study of a specific topic. Case studies are commonly used in social,
educational, clinical and business research.
Case studies serve to describe, compare, evaluate, and understand different aspects of a research
problem.
Case: Anna Sorokin, the New York scammer
Background: Anna Sorokin is a Russian-German con artist sentenced to prison. Between 2013 and
2017, while living in the United States, she posed as a wealthy German heiress under the name Anna
Delvey to defraud banks, hotels and wealthy acquaintances. She was convicted of multiple counts of
attempted grand larceny, second-degree larceny and theft of services in connection with these crimes in
2019.

Anna Sorokin- Case and arguments

Anna pretended to be a German billionaire heiress.

He invented the idea of the "Anna Delvey Foundation"—a private members'
club and art foundation—and proposed it to several wealthy members of the
city's social scene.
Not having much success, Sorokin decided to obtain the necessary money by
alternative means. He created fake bank statements and submitted them as
part of a $22 million loan application to City National Bank. Loan that was
rejected.
Another company, Fortress Investment Group, agreed to consider the
application if Sorokin paid $100,000 to cover legal expenses related to the
application. To get this money, Sorokin returned to City National Bank and convinced an employee to
grant him a temporary overdraft for that amount.
After this, Sorokin invited three friends, to whom he told them that it was a trip "with all expenses paid"
to Marrakech (Morocco). A few days after arriving in La Mamounia, hotel staff said they had been
unable to load Sorokin's credit cards and demanded an alternative form of payment. Finally, Sorokin
convinced one of his companions, Rachel DeLoache Williams, to pay the $62,000 bill for her stay,
promising to refund her by bank transfer. Later, Williams paid for other expenses during the trip,
including items purchased by Sorokin and a visit to the Majorelle Garden. Despite Sorokin's repeated
promises, no bank transfer occurred.
Anna stayed in luxurious hotels from which she was evicted because her credit cards were never
accepted. The Beekman and the W hotels filed charges against Sorokin for theft of services. At the time,
Sorokin was also being independently investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for the
bank fraud cases.
In Sorokin's defense, Spodek alleged that he had been trying to pay off the entire debt. In addition, he
tried to describe her as an entrepreneur and even compared her to Frank Sinatra, claiming that both
created a "golden opportunity" in New York.
Answer: What motivated Anna to perform these acts?

I believe that when a person has many projects in mind, that they are sure will work and they fail, most
of the time they decline and look for easy alternatives to get money, that is where I think the problem
was, there is nothing wrong with it throwing out a project and continuing on a new one, but the fact that
he stole to find an easy solution was not the best decision and I think he did it more out of pride than out
of necessity

Rachel DeLoache Williams- Case and Arguments

Rachel met Anna through social media and set out to be her friend.
She was constantly seen with Anna enjoying the life of luxury that the
supposed heiress gave herself.
On Morocco's hellish vacation, Rachel believing that Anna would foot the
bill, insists on booking the largest suite and the most luxurious tasting menu.
She also insists on visiting the Majorelle Garden, the price of which was an
exorbitant amount.
While Anna was unable to pay, Rachel decides to lend the credit card of the
company for which she worked as a writer.
Upon returning, she constantly asks Anna for payment of the bill that
exceeded $62,000, without getting any response from Anna.
This is why Rachel decides to report Anna to the police and decides to cooperate with them for her
capture.
She wrote an article of his story in the magazine for which she worked and a $300,000 contract for the
book My Friend Anna, which made it to Time's list of best books in 2019; $35,000 from HBO for the
television rights to his story (an amount that could increase to nearly $300,000); and the $1,300 Vanity
Fair paid him for the original article.
Answer: What motivated Rachel to sue Anna?
 I think that both are wrong here, since one boasted her life of luxury as if she had a lot of money and
Rachel I think she wanted to take advantage of her since she saw that she had a lot of money, but when
she realized that she had no money and had She had to pay for everything, the lawsuit, which is also a
very bad act for me because it was all her fault since she wanted to take advantage of a person and
played against the situation, so I think that Rachel sued Anna more out of resentment than for another
thing

Part 2: Analysis
Who is the good thing Justify your answer with at least three logical and objective
about this story? arguments.
I think no one is good in this history

Who is the bad guy in Justify your answer with at least three logical and objective
this story? arguments.
Anna Sorokin:
-Since in the first place he dedicated himself to stealing money
- I create false statements in the bank to swindle and get money
-Despite Anna's repeated promises, she never paid and stole from her
classmates
Rachel:
-Since he wanted to take advantage of a person who thought she had
money
-Reports her friend after wanting to take advantage of her
-And she gets money for her benefit by selling her story making her look
like the good one
Write a brief 80-100-word conclusion of what you've learned about the topic The Faults of
Others.
I think that many people do not measure the consequences of our actions, since for example I think that
Anna thought that since her company was not working she would dedicate herself to stealing and
scamming people and she did not know what could come next, and Rachel wanted to take advantage of
a person who she thought she was rich and when she saw that it was all a lie she puts her as the bad
person, in conclusion many people do not realize our actions and there are times when we become bad
people because we do not think about what can happen and We do many things more for convenience
than for intelligence